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from its foundations, by the grace of God the Almighty, the doctrine of Christ was built up, shining forth to the glory of the God of all; it received greater boldness than before, while the impiety of the enemies of godliness was filled with the utmost shame and dishonor. 9.11.2 For first Maximinus himself, having been proclaimed a common enemy of all by the rulers, a most impious, most ill-omened and most God-hated tyrant, was publicly posted by proclamations; and whatever paintings had been set up in every city in honor of him and his children, some were thrown down from on high to the ground and shattered, and others had their faces disfigured, being blackened with dark paint; and likewise as many statues as had been erected in his honor, were similarly thrown down and shattered, exposed as a laughing-stock and a plaything to those who wished to insult and mock them. 9.11.3 Then also all the honors of the other enemies of godliness were taken away, and all who sided with Maximinus were executed, especially those who, having been honored by him with high offices, through their flattery of him had insolently outraged our faith; 9.11.4 such was Peucetius, who was to him the most honored and reverenced of all and his most loyal companion, having been appointed by him twice consul and thrice consul and prefect of the finances; and Culcianus likewise, who had passed through every office of authority, who had himself become renowned for the countless blood of Christians throughout Egypt; and not a few others besides these, through whom especially the tyranny of Maximinus was both strengthened and increased. 9.11.5 And so justice summoned Theotecnus too, by no means consigning to oblivion the things done by him against the Christians. For after having seemed to prosper on account of the idol set up by him in Antioch, he had already even been deemed worthy of a governorship by Maximinus, 9.11.6 but Licinius, on entering the city of the Antiochians, and having made a search for impostors, tortured the prophets and priests of the newly-made idol, inquiring by what means they practiced their deception. And when, being constrained by the tortures, it was impossible for them to conceal it, they revealed that the whole mystery was a deception devised by the art of Theotecnus. After inflicting just punishment on them all, he delivers over to death first Theotecnus himself, and then his accomplices in the imposture, after the very greatest tortures. 9.11.7 To all these were added also the children of Maximinus, whom he had already made partners in the imperial honor and in the dedication of tablets and paintings. And those who formerly boasted of their relationship to the tyrant and were puffed up to oppress all men suffered the same things as those mentioned before, with the utmost dishonor, since they did not accept discipline, nor know nor understand the exhortation which says in the sacred words: 9.11.8 Put not your trust in princes, in sons of men, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish. So thanks be for all things to God, the Almighty and King of the universe, and very great thanks also to the Savior and Redeemer of our souls, Jesus Christ, through whom we pray that peace, both from external troubles and from those in the mind, be kept for us firm and unshaken forever. 10.pin.t 10 The tenth book of the Ecclesiastical History also contains these things: 10.pin.1 A Concerning the peace granted to us by God. B Concerning the renewal of the churches. C Concerning the dedications in every place. D Panegyric on the splendor of the affairs. E Copies of imperial laws concerning the rights of Christians. Copy of an imperial letter by which he donates money to the churches. G Copy of an imperial letter by which he commands that the heads of the churches be released from all public service. H Concerning the subsequent wickedness of Licinius and his destruction. I Concerning the

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θεμελίων χάριτι θεοῦ τοῦ παντοκράτορος ἠγείρετο ὅ τε τοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγος, εἰς δόξαν τοῦ τῶν ὅλων θεοῦ διαλάμπων, μείζονα τῆς πρόσθεν ἀπελάμβανεν παρρησίαν, τὰ δὲ τῆς δυσσεβείας τῶν τῆς θεοσεβείας ἐχθρῶν αἰσχύνης ἐσχάτης καὶ ἀτιμίας ἐνεπίμπλατο. 9.11.2 πρῶτός τε γὰρ Μαξιμῖνος αὐτὸς κοινὸς ἁπάντων πολέμιος ὑπὸ τῶν κρατούντων ἀναγορευθείς, δυσσεβέστατος καὶ δυσωνυμώτατος καὶ θεομισέστατος τύραννος διὰ προγραμμάτων δημοσίων ἀνεστηλίτευτο, γραφαί τε ὅσαι εἰς τιμὴν αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ παίδων κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀνέκειντο πόλιν, αἳ μὲν ἐξ ὕψους εἰς ἔδαφος ῥιπτούμεναι συνετρίβοντο, αἳ δὲ τὰς προσόψεις ἠχρειοῦντο σκοτεινῷ χρώματι καταμελανούμεναι, ἀνδριάντων τε ὁμοίως ὁπόσοι εἰς αὐτοῦ τιμὴν διανεστήκεσαν, ὡσαύτως ῥιπτούμενοι συνετρίβοντο, γέλως καὶ παιδιὰ τοῖς ἐνυβρίζειν καὶ ἐμπαροινεῖν ἐθέλουσιν ἐκκείμενοι. 9.11.3 εἶτα δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῆς θεοσεβείας ἐχθρῶν πᾶσαι τιμαὶ περιῃροῦντο, ἐκτείνοντο δὲ καὶ πάντες οἱ τὰ Μαξιμίνου φρονοῦντες, ὅσοι μάλιστα τῶν ἐν ἀρχικοῖς ἀξιώμασιν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τετιμημένοι τῇ πρὸς αὐτὸν κολακείᾳ σοβαρῶς ἐνεπαροίνησαν τῷ καθ' ἡμᾶς λόγῳ· 9.11.4 οἷος ἦν ὁ παρὰ πάντας αὐτῷ τιμιώτατος καὶ αἰδεσιμώτατος ἑταίρων τε γνησιώτατος Πευκέτιος, δὶς ὕπατος καὶ τρὶς ὕπατος καὶ τῶν καθόλου λόγων ἔπαρχος πρὸς αὐτοῦ καθεσταμένος, Κουλκιανός τε ὡσαύτως διὰ πάσης ἀρχικῆς προελθὼν ἐξουσίας, ὁ καὶ αὐτὸς μυρίοις τοῖς κατ' Αἴγυπτον Χριστιανῶν ἐλλαμπρυνάμενος αἵμασιν, ἄλλοι τε ἐπὶ τούτοις οὐκ ὀλίγοι, δι' ὧν μάλιστα τὰ τῆς Μαξιμίνου τυραννίδος ἐκραταιοῦτό τε καὶ ηὔξετο. 9.11.5 ἐκάλει δὲ ἄρα καὶ Θεότεκνον ἡ δίκη, οὐδαμῶς τὰ κατὰ Χριστιανῶν αὐτῷ πεπραγμένα λήθῃ παραδιδοῦσα. ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ τῷ κατ' Ἀντιόχειαν ἱδρυθέντι πρὸς αὐτοῦ ξοάνῳ δόξας εὐημερεῖν, ἤδη καὶ ἡγεμονίας ἠξίωτο παρὰ Μαξιμίνου, 9.11.6 Λικίννιος δ' ἐπιβὰς τῆς Ἀντιοχέων πόλεως φώραν τε γοήτων ποιησάμενος, τοὺς τοῦ νεοπαγοῦς ξοάνου προφήτας καὶ ἱερεῖς βασάνοις ᾐκίζετο, τίνι λόγῳ τὴν ἀπάτην καθυποκρίνοιντο, πυνθανόμενος· ὡς δ' ἐπικρύπτεσθαι αὐτοῖς πρὸς τῶν βασάνων συνελαυνομένοις ἀδύνατον ἦν, ἐδήλουν δὲ τὸ πᾶν μυστήριον ἀπάτην τυγχάνειν τέχνῃ τῇ Θεοτέκνου μεμηχανημένην, τοῖς πᾶσιν τὴν ἀξίαν ἐπιθεὶς δίκην, πρῶτον αὐτὸν Θεότεκνον, εἶτα δὲ καὶ τοὺς τῆς γοητείας κοινωνοὺς μετὰ πλείστας ὅσας αἰκίας θανάτῳ παραδίδωσιν. 9.11.7 τούτοις ἅπασιν προσετίθεντο καὶ οἱ Μαξιμίνου παῖδες, οὓς ἤδη καὶ τῆς βασιλικῆς τιμῆς τῆς τε ἐν πίναξιν καὶ γραφαῖς ἀναθέσεως πεποίητο κοινωνούς· καὶ οἱ συγγένειαν δὲ τοῦ τυράννου τὸ πρὶν αὐχοῦντες καὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους καταδυναστεύειν ἐπηρμένοι τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς προδεδηλωμένοις μετὰ τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀτιμίας ἔπασχον, ἐπεὶ μὴ ἐδέξαντο παιδείαν μηδὲ ἔγνωσαν μηδὲ συνῆκαν τὴν φάσκουσαν ἐν ἱεροῖς λόγοις παρακέλευσιν 9.11.8 μὴ πεποίθετε ἐπ' ἄρχοντας, ἐπὶ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν σωτηρία· ἐξελεύσεται τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀποστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ· ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπολοῦνται πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν. θεῷ δὴ χάρις ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τῷ παντοκράτορι καὶ βασιλεῖ τῶν ὅλων, πλείστη δὲ καὶ τῷ σωτῆρι καὶ λυτρωτῇ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, δι' οὗ τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης ἔκ τε τῶν ἔξωθεν ὀχληρῶν καὶ τῶν κατὰ διάνοιαν βέβαια καὶ ἀσάλευτα φυλάττεσθαι ἡμῖν διὰ παντὸς εὐχόμεθα. 10.pin.t Ι Τάδε καὶ ἡ δεκάτη περιέχει βίβλος τῆς Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίασ 10.pin.1 Α Περὶ τῆς ἐκ θεοῦ πρυτανευθείσης ἡμῖν εἰρήνης. Β Περὶ τῆς τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν ἀνανεώσεως. Γ Περὶ τῶν κατὰ πάντα τόπον ἐγκαινίων. ∆ Πανηγυρικὸς ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν πραγμάτων φαιδρότητι. Ε Ἀντίγραφα βασιλικῶν νόμων περὶ τῶν Χριστιανῶν προσηκόντων. Ἀντίγραφον βασιλικῆς ἐπιστολῆς δι' ἧς χρήματα ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις δωρεῖται. Ζ Ἀντίγραφον βασιλικῆς ἐπιστολῆς δι' ἧς τοὺς προεστῶτας τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν πάσης ἀπολελύσθαι τῆς περὶ τὰ πολιτικὰ λειτουργίας προστάττει. Η Περὶ τῆς Λικιννίου εἰς ὕστερον κακοτροπίας καὶ τῆς καταστροφῆς αὐτοῦ. Θ Περὶ τῆς